Designing for Student Engagement in an Online Doctoral Research Method Course
Date
2016-05
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University of Calgary
Abstract
This paper is a report on preliminary findings of a scholarship of teaching and
learning inquiry into a redesign of an online doctoral research course to include
purposefully designed cycles of less formal auditory synchronous discussions with
more formal text-based asynchronous discussions. The research design includes
thematic analyses of archived auditory and text-based student engagements with
learning resources, and with peers and the instructor, as well as student feedback
via focus groups and individual interviews. The research design, data collection
and data analysis procedures are explained and preliminary findings discussed.
Recommendations for practice are shared.
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Keywords
Online Learning, Graduate Education, Student Engagement
Citation
Simmons, M., Parchoma, G., Jacobsen, M., Nelson, D., & Bhola, S. (2016, May). Designing for Student Engagement in an Online Doctoral Research Methods Course. In M. Takeuchi, A.P. Preciado Babb, & J. Lock. IDEAS 2016: Designing for Innovation Selected Proceedings. Paper presented at IDEAS 2016: Designing for Innovation, Calgary, Canada (pg 81-91). Calgary, Canada: Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary.